College News, 1945-05-16, Vol. 31, No. 26

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The College Hews
VOL. XLI, NO. 26
ARDMORE and BRYN MAWR, PA., WEDNESDAY,  MAY 16, 1945
Copyright, Truttaai of
Bryn  M.wr Colie.r. 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Acheson Urg
Bretton Woods
Monetary Plans
ng ^Sleeping
World   Conditions Need
Immediate  Action
On Plans
"Without the Stabilization Fund,
the Bank proposed at Bretton
Woods will be a dangerous weap-
on," said the Honorable Dean Ach-
eson in a War Alliance- Assembly
on Bretton Woods. In a brief but
comprehensive review of the sub-
ject, Mr. Acheson outlined both the
aims and the mechanics of the
Brettpn Woods plan.
Paralleling the situation today
with that of Europe after the Mo-
hammedan invasion, Mr. Acheson
stressed the need for immediate
financial reconstruction. "The
great capitalistic system of import-
ing Europe before the war, and
Hitler's system have both been de-
stroyed," he said. "We must eith-
er reinstate one of these systems
or construct another."
Answering a question as to why
the "New York bankers objected
to the plan," Mr. Acheson attribut-
ed it first to a disagreement about
the technicalities of the system,
and second to a minor amount of
fear at the acceptance of anything
"novel."
The whole speech stressed the
reliance of international trade on
international agreement and coop-
eration, as well as on an equal
ability to contribute to world ex-
portation and importation. Unless
Europe is given the means with
which to rebuild her industrial and
agricultural centers, not by Lend-
Lease, but by international finan-
cial aid, consisting in loans, from
>            the International Bank, Mr. Ache-
son asserted, we   will   necessarily
incur serious world financial diffi
culties.
Glee Club, Choir
Unite Next Year
Musical activity for Bryn Mawr
next year promises to be more ex-
tensive than ever. Principal among
the changes to be effected will be
the amalgamation of the Glee Club
and the Choir into one large or-
ganization, newly named the Bryn
Mawr College Chorus.
The purpose of this new plan is
to have one large, well-trained
gjoup which will be able to present
concerts and operettas without tak-
ing in extra people, as has been
necessary in the past. This gVoup
is to be divided into two equal
choirs which will sing for chapel
on  alternate  Sunday nights.
Heretofore a college organiza-
tion, the Glee Club will become a
part of the Undergraduate Associ-
ation. The fund, previously grant-
ed to pay the members, will be
used instead for traveling expenses
incurrred at concert trips. In ad-
dition to the customary concerts
with Harvard and Princeton the
Glee Club hopes to make a musical
debut in New York.
At the beginning of the year a
larger number of students will be
accepted in the Glee Club than
will be necessary, but after a pro-
bationary period of about a month
the number will be pared down to
approximately eighty.
Beauty
Named as Best
Of Dance Cycle
Specially contributed by
Helen Wade '42
The Dance Club's performance of
Sleeping Beauty on Friday night
constituted the second production
of that play by the organization.
The only essential difference from
the 1941 production lay in the ad-
dition of the third act Roses and
their dance with the Princes. This
fairy tale "ballet" seems to me the
most delightful of the club's cycle
of four largely because it follows
the story so closely and makes no
attempt to pad it out with inciden-
tal dances.
It is exceedingly dangerous to
try to support a large production
on the gossamer fabric of a fairy
story when the dancers have only
the necessarily uneven technique
of an amateur group.
The first a# of Sleeping Beauty
sustains the spirit and pace best,
despite a noticeable sag that came
with the entrance of the court. The
chorus, which was at times undis-
ciplined, was free to move without
destroying the light mood, and the
solos of the principals were brief
and effective. The second act gave
the Princess, Louise Kendall '46,
the difficult task of simultaneously
introducing herself and changing
the audience's mood. This she did
successfully, although the lighting
for her solo was in constant con-
flict with the dance. The third act
picked up the pace at the entry of
the Princes and moved along swift-
ly to the close, marred only by the
noises of some recording which
was unidentifiable at close range.
It is unfortunate that this type
of dancing demands the experience
and maturity of a life-time in or-
der to be presented as it should be.
However, the cast did exceptionally
well and several of the more ad-
vanced dancers were outstanding
for the degree of technique and
stage presence which they brought
to their parts. These dancers were,
in order of appearance, Nina Mont-
gomery '45, as the Head Servant;
Eleanor Borden '46, as the King;
and Kathryn Weiss as the First
Good Fairy. The production had
the inestimable advantage of Miss
Petts' direction and Mr. Schu-
mann's charming and danceablu
music, the latter played by the
composer himself on the stage.
McBride Reports
Weekend Travel
Decreased by 2-3
The campus response to the
O.D.T.'s request for decreased civ-
ilian travel this spring, was report-
ed as remarkably favorable by
Miss McBride in an interview with
a News reporter. Feeling that such
a survey might be of general in-
terest, she has announced the fol-
lowing statistics:
In comparison with last semes-
ter, the number of overnight ab-
sences through April this semester
is two-thirds less than what it was
last semester. The number of ab-
sences outside of the Philadelphia
area were less than one-half of
what they were last semester,
while the number of absences out-
side of the Philadelphia, New York
and Washington areas were one-
quarter less than last semester.
These figures were calculated on
the basis of a sample composed of
two-thirds^of all absences taken in
the two semesters.
Mass Meeting Vojes to Send
Five Resolutions to Congress
Bryn Mawr Inn
Stating Problems
Answers Critics
Walker Makes
Semi-Final Rank
In Tournament
Ursinus Defeats
B.M.Team�
Bryn Mawr, May 9. Leading in
the third inning, tied in the sixth,
the Owl baseballteamv lost by one
run, 4-3, in the~eighth Inning to an
undefeated Ursinus team. Sus-
pense, full cooperation of all the
members of the team and consec-
utive good playing, characterized
the game throughout.
Stars of the team were Bailey
'48, who as pjtcher, threw-her us-
ual fast, accurate ball, and Kent
'45 who, although she played far
off first base, did not let one ball
get past her. The final run in. the
end of the eighth inning which
gave the game to Ursinus seemed
all the more unfortunate because
it was made on B. M. errors.
Novelty was introduced into the
game by an enthusiastic audience
of soldiers from Valley Forge and
Atlantic City, and by the umpiring
of the game by a soldier from
Atlantic City.
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Bryn   Mawr,   May    12-13.     T^
Walker '45 reached the semi-finals
in the third annual Middle States
Intercollegiate Girls' Champion-
ship held at Bryn Mawr. Repre-
sentatives from ten colleges com-
peted: Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Tem-
ple, Ursinus, Penn, Vassar, Chest-
nut Hill, Briarcliff Junior, Drexel
and Maryland University, compet-
ed.
Evans Wins Title
Gloria Evans, of Swarthmore,
fifth ranking player in the Eastern
Association, retained her title,
beating Margaret Gresham, Ala-
bama, State Womens Champion, of
Vassar, 6-3, 6-2. In the first set,
Gresham gained the lead 2-1, but
Evans took the next four games
before^ Gresham broke the run to
win the eighth game. Evans re-
taliated to take the last game and
set. The second set was a tie, 4-4,
until Evans, gaining control of her
ground strokes, won the last two
games.
C. Walker '45, J. Turner '45, P.
Turner '46, A. Nelms '46, J. Ach-
eson '46, E. Colman '48, and A.
Chase '48, represented Bryn Mawr
in the match. J. Turner '45 reach-
ed the quarter-finals but lost to Ty
Walker '45, 6-3, 7-5 in a fast game.
Ty Walker '45 competing in the
semi-finals against Margaret Gres-
ham, lost the first set 6-1. In the
second set, Walker led the first
foul- games 3-1 but Gresham gain-
ed control to win the match 6-1,
J-5.
Calendar
Friday, May 18
Last day of lectures of college
year.
Tuesday, May 22
Collegiate exams begin.
Tuesday, May 29
Sumner Welles.
Saturday, June 2
Collegiate exams end.
2:00    Alumnae      Association
Meeting, Goodhart.
Sunday, June 3
8:00    Baccalaureate   Sermon,
Goodhart.
Tuesday, June 5
11:00    Conferring  of degrees
and  close  of  60th   Academic
Year.
Students  Condemn   Inn
For Cigaret Policy
And Prices
President   Will   Receive
Resolution Asking
Food Ad ion
The News has received a number
of criticisms about the Inn, precip-
itated by the handling of the sale
of cigarettes there on Wednesday,
May .9. A reporter sent to ask
Mrs. Bowman the Inn's reason for
this action at the same time ob-
tained a statement of the problems
which the Inn is facing in continu-
ing to operate under present condi-
tions.
Cigarettes
Last Wednesday the' Inn left
only the cigarette machine in the
front room open to people buying
cigarettes in the morning. More
cigarettes were held in reserve for
patrons who usually come at lunch-
time.
The reason for this action was
that many people who never eat at
the Inn come to buy cigarettes,
leaving none for the faculty and
students going there to eat lunch
later in the day. The Inn realizes
its mistake in this attempt to sat-
isfy its patrons and in the future,
plan to sell all their cigarettes im-
mediately as they have done in the
past.
In answer to the other criticisms,
the following reasons for poor
service and high prices may be
cited.
Help
Within the past two years a new
labor code for restaurant employ-
ees has been enforced, which has
so reduced the hours they are to
work that even with the same
number of employees, service has
to be curtailed.
It is more difficult for the Inn to
secure help becajjse of its inacces-
sibility requiring workers to spend
much more time and money to
reach their place of employment
so that the Inn has been short of
help to a much greater extent than
places not so situated. Increased
wages (dishwashers now receive
more than cooks did a few years
ago) for shorter hours has very
much increased  the expenses.
Prices
Moreover, increased food costs
have addeci to the Inn's food costs.
Shorter hours and a lack of em-
ployees have required the Inn to
shorten their hours and this in
turn has decreased the volume of
business so that the overhead is
not always covered by the income
from the food sold.
Added to the cost of food served
is not only the wages paid to em-
ployees, but such items as the fol-
lowing must be paid to operate:
rent, light, gas, replacement of
broken dishes, redecorating, clean-
ing supplies, painting, replacement
of equipment, such as ranges, dish-
washers, refrigerators, urns, etc.,
paper and linen supplies, water and
sewer rent, and taxes.
Hours
At present there is less than one
hour between breakfast and lunch,
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Common Room, May 14. Approx-
imately 110 people attended the
mass meeting held to draw up res-
olutions proposing concrete action
on the food shortage in Europe, the
Bretton Woods plan, and the Dum-
barton Oaks proposals. This meet-
ing, presided over by Helin Reed
'46, was the final stage of a pro-
gram which has been carried, on
for the past three .weeks by the
War Alliance to make the students
and faculty aware of the import-
ance of these issues. Five resolu-
tions to be sent to Washington
were proposed and all were unani-
mously passed.
The first resolution was stated
by Marge Richardson '46. "We
propose that positive and immedi-
ate action be taken by the United
States government to alleviate the
European food shortage. To do
this, we advocate more stringent
rationing, and that the assignment
of the maximum number of ships
be released for its transportation."
Pat Acheson '46, suggested that
a clause be included to inform Con-
gress that we would approve pros-
ecution against the black markets
which will undoubtedly appear if
more stringent rationing is impos-
ed. ^After some discussion the first
resolution was passed as it stood,
and a second resolution, proposed
by Barbara Stix '47, was passed
which read: "Because of the black
market situation we are in favor
of giving the OPA more power and
more funds to carry out its pro-
gram." Both these resolutions are
to be sent immediately to Senators
(Juffey and Meyers of Pennsyl-
vania and a copy of the first is also
to be sent to President Truman.
The resolution on Bretton
Woods, proposed by B. A. Mercer
'45, read: "We propose that Con-
gress pass immediately the Bret-
ton Woods agreements for both the
International Bank and the Stabil-
ization Fund in their entirety and
as they now stand." After a brief
discussion in which several of the
arguments which the Hon. Dean
Acheson stated last Friday in fa-
vor of Bretton Woods were re-
iterated, this resolution was also
passed.
Pat Behrens '46, proposed the
following resolution: "We propose
that when the representatives of
the 49 nations at San Francisco
are able to draw up a World Se-
curity Organization acceptable to
the American delegation that Con-
gress pass it without amendment."
Dr. Wells suggested that we wait
until a more appropriate time to
send this resolution to the Con-
gresmen, since it is doubtful that
it would receive much attention
before the plan is actually drafted.
For this reason those present at
the meeting pledged themselves to
send individial letters to their re-
spective congressmen now", and
Helin Reed '46, and Anne Borum
'46, were empowered to send the
original resolution, revised if nec-
essary, to Senators Guffey and
Meyers, and to the chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit-
tee at the proper time.
Mrs. Manning proposed a fifth
resolution "that Congress should
extend the reciprocal trade trea-
ties as we believe their rejection
would have an unfortunate effect
on the world economic situation."
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